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how severely would you like to restrict the surveillance by the national security agency? >> i would like to apply the fourth amendment to third party records. so when i have a contract with a phone company, i think those are still my records and you can lo at them if you're from the government if you ask a judge. a warrant applies to one person. not to everyone in america. it's absolutely agains the spirit and the letter of the fourth amendment to say th a jue can write one warrant and you can get every phone call in america and that's what's happening. i think it's wrong. it goes against everything america stands for and i will help to fight that all the way to the support. we need to get the supreme court to re-examine our records. >> so, you would ban if you could, all mass data mining. >> i'm for going after terrorists with every tool we have. i'm not opposed to the nsa, to spyi, but i am infavor of the fourth amendment. if you think someone's a terrorist, you call a judge, get a warrant. if that's person's called 100 people, you get 100 more warrants. if they've call
how severely would you like to restrict the surveillance by the national security agency? >> i would like to apply the fourth amendment to third party records. so when i have a contract with a phone company, i think those are still my records and you can lo at them if you're from the government if you ask a judge. a warrant applies to one person. not to everyone in america. it's absolutely agains the spirit and the letter of the fourth amendment to say th a jue can write one warrant and...
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security agency. among the revelations, the u.s. government is collecting details on millions of phone calls, plus records of e-mails, texts, video chats and more from overseas. well, outside this country the government says it's tracking the online movements of customers from google, microsoft, yahoo! apple and others. and "the wall street journal" reports the nsa is also gathering credit card data on americans. yesterday president obama responded to the details by stressing the government is not listening in detail on phone calls. so, we first heard about a lot of these secret u.s. government programs from a newspaper in the united kingdom, "the guardian's" glen greenwald has been reporting on this story and he told our piers morgan just how deep he believes the rabbit hole goes. >> what this program enables the national security agency to do is to reach directly into the servers of the largest internet companies in the world, that almost every human being in the western world uses to communicate wi
security agency. among the revelations, the u.s. government is collecting details on millions of phone calls, plus records of e-mails, texts, video chats and more from overseas. well, outside this country the government says it's tracking the online movements of customers from google, microsoft, yahoo! apple and others. and "the wall street journal" reports the nsa is also gathering credit card data on americans. yesterday president obama responded to the details by stressing the...
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we have to make sure that while the police, while the national security agency is looking for a guilty needle, that the tens of millions of americans who have their haystack of innocent information, their phone calls, their internet records are not compromised unless there is a legally obtained warrant. >> do you think they are? >> i'm not sure. i don't think we really know whether or not there are standards in place to truly protect the innocent. and we need to have that debate in washington. and to that extent, this is a very important discussion to have. i've been the founder and cochair of the privacy caucus in congress. but i've also been a member of the homeland security committee. we need to do both and we can do both simultaneously. >> would you like to have it where i was struck by the other day a week or two ago when the story broke about the nsa, that u.s. senators like ron wyden, do you know, from oregon. >> very well. >> he would come out and say i don't know anything about this thing. is it possible they're relying on checks and balances if u.s. senators who are smart lik
we have to make sure that while the police, while the national security agency is looking for a guilty needle, that the tens of millions of americans who have their haystack of innocent information, their phone calls, their internet records are not compromised unless there is a legally obtained warrant. >> do you think they are? >> i'm not sure. i don't think we really know whether or not there are standards in place to truly protect the innocent. and we need to have that debate in...
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the national security agency may be secretly snooping into calls made with verizon phones. reports say the agency is collecting records from calls between the u.s. and foreign locations to protect against terrorist threats. the court order was issued a week after the boston bombings. the obama administration says the "secret" order only involves "meta-data," such as a telephone number or length of a call, but not content. critics say it violates privacy. the fbi and microsoft managed to stop a banking hack attack. a microsoft blog says more than $500 million was stolen from bank accounts worldwide. the banks included jp morgan, citigroup and wells fargo. in the first-time effort between law enforcers and the tech company, officials seized computer servers used in the scheme. it's been a downward spiral for turkey's stock market this week, fueled by political unrest. the country's prime minister returns to turkey today after a trip abroad. protests have raged for a week in istanbul after the government announced plans to demolish a park. analysts say demonstrations are expec
the national security agency may be secretly snooping into calls made with verizon phones. reports say the agency is collecting records from calls between the u.s. and foreign locations to protect against terrorist threats. the court order was issued a week after the boston bombings. the obama administration says the "secret" order only involves "meta-data," such as a telephone number or length of a call, but not content. critics say it violates privacy. the fbi and...
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has always been the anti of america's national security agency and according to investigative journalist duncan campbell. sweden always had a lot of a covert intelligence relationship with where security in the years of cold war. very being turned secretly in to the club of the big far east in which they are for the goodies to give to their prime minister in return for betraying we receive and secure off all of their neighbors and money for ever and citizens sweden was the largest collaborator in europe with the internet i think program run by the fried rice group are being respecting countries. so it does so because of its kind of direct access to the baltic then it's no surprise that you see it few and they say we want back as well as everything else they can take from st. despite public criticism some governments protect their spying programs as something essential and earlier this week the attitude of britain's guardian newspaper face questioning by m.p.'s who believe that the publishing of snowden's revelations put a dand in national security journalist glenn moody believes it's all
has always been the anti of america's national security agency and according to investigative journalist duncan campbell. sweden always had a lot of a covert intelligence relationship with where security in the years of cold war. very being turned secretly in to the club of the big far east in which they are for the goodies to give to their prime minister in return for betraying we receive and secure off all of their neighbors and money for ever and citizens sweden was the largest collaborator...
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has always been the end the america's national security agency at least that's according to investigative journalist duncan campbell. sweden always had a lot of a covert intelligence relationship with the west through the me years of cold war. they've been secretly. to the club with a big audience in which they offered to give to their prime minister in return for betraying we received security off all of their neighbors and money for them citizens sweden was the largest collaborator when you're with the internet i think program run by would be. dr roizen group are being rescreened income groups. and so it does so because of its direct access to go forward to going it's no surprise that you see it you. would want that as well as everything else you can take from st. despite public criticism some governments protect their spying programs is something essential earlier this week the editor of britain's guardian newspaper faced questioning by m.p.'s who believe that the publishing of snowden's revelations put a dent in national security journalistically mady believes it's all part of the pub
has always been the end the america's national security agency at least that's according to investigative journalist duncan campbell. sweden always had a lot of a covert intelligence relationship with the west through the me years of cold war. they've been secretly. to the club with a big audience in which they offered to give to their prime minister in return for betraying we received security off all of their neighbors and money for them citizens sweden was the largest collaborator when...
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this follows the latest leaks by whistleblower edward snowden that revealed the national security agency had been spying of thirty five world leaders are just are silly and are reports. in the latest document that edward snowden that provided the guardian we do see some some more insight into the process of how this global surveillance was actually working and the fact that it had spied on the thirty five world leaders is one side of the matter on the other hand it would also encourage a senior officials belonging to departments such as the white house the state department or the pentagon to share their contacts with them encouraging them to give the phone numbers of these people that they wanted to spy on and put them on this surveillance list and also what's interesting that came out of this document is also the fact that it was a knowledge that the eavesdropping the listening in on these hundreds of people of thirty five world leaders actually did not produce much it produced quote unquote little reportable intelligence and also it's had some very real consequences already going up to
this follows the latest leaks by whistleblower edward snowden that revealed the national security agency had been spying of thirty five world leaders are just are silly and are reports. in the latest document that edward snowden that provided the guardian we do see some some more insight into the process of how this global surveillance was actually working and the fact that it had spied on the thirty five world leaders is one side of the matter on the other hand it would also encourage a senior...
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national security agency violated privacy rules and overstepped its authority thousands of times. margaret warner gets an update on the surveillance programs from carol leonnig of the "washington post." >> brown: the kepler space telescope, once used to search for earth-like planets, is crippled, and nasa says it can't be fixed.
national security agency violated privacy rules and overstepped its authority thousands of times. margaret warner gets an update on the surveillance programs from carol leonnig of the "washington post." >> brown: the kepler space telescope, once used to search for earth-like planets, is crippled, and nasa says it can't be fixed.
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he spent the first five years of his career at the national security agency. gentlemen. glad to have both of you here. >> thank you. >> bill, let me start with you. i don't think this is really so much about edward snowden as it is about the programs and their value to the country and whether or not they violate the constitutional rights of americans but i do want to ask, if your view, is edward snowden a good guy or a bad guy? >> well, i certainly think that what he has done in exposing these programs is a great public service. this kind of -- what i think of as unconstitutional activity by the government needs to be addressed by the public openly so we can, as a country, decide whether or not we want our government to do this kind of activity. after all, collecting this kind of knowledge about the citizenry is dangerous for the government to have. >> you left -- you left the nsa back in 2001 because you thought that there were some things happening even then, this was 12 years ago that crossed the line. what line did it cross and what was the final straw for you and yo
he spent the first five years of his career at the national security agency. gentlemen. glad to have both of you here. >> thank you. >> bill, let me start with you. i don't think this is really so much about edward snowden as it is about the programs and their value to the country and whether or not they violate the constitutional rights of americans but i do want to ask, if your view, is edward snowden a good guy or a bad guy? >> well, i certainly think that what he has done...
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a little bit about who we are and what we are doing on behalf of national security. to give you some idea about the 5irection of one of the big agencies that we have that are every day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week in 142 countries around the world with 17,000 people, doing the nation's business. we have some talented men and women and i will talk about them. john, thank you very much. i want to thank for the great introduction. i want to thank the institute of world politics and the staff that puts these things on. it is important that we keep doing i think it is a really important endeavor that we keep doing this. politicstute of world and your personal dedication to hosting this annual lecture is a testament to the institute's commitment to training a new generation of critical thinkers. the professionals in this room who recognize the value of studying history when confronting modern issues of national security and world politics. as early as 1932, there was a which begins with a surprise attack on pearl harbor. part of the curriculum. i have a graduate degr
a little bit about who we are and what we are doing on behalf of national security. to give you some idea about the 5irection of one of the big agencies that we have that are every day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week in 142 countries around the world with 17,000 people, doing the nation's business. we have some talented men and women and i will talk about them. john, thank you very much. i want to thank for the great introduction. i want to thank the institute of world politics and the staff...
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officials tells cnn snowden did not get the quote, crown jewels of the national security agencies secretive surveillance programs. he did not get access to the most sensitive information. contests of intercepts of communication of terrorists and other countries. the u.s. intelligence community has been reviewing what the computer programmer stole according to a u.s. official. that's not to say it wasn't damaging. >> our adversaries have noticed these revelations. it's too early to tell if it will have impact. >> reporter: since the leaks the u.s. has seen signs of terrorists changing passwords and ensuring their communications are encrypted. >> we have concrete proof that terrorists are making changes, taking action and it will make our job tougher. >> reporter: officials insist they are not suddenly down playing snowden's revelations. it will now take two people to down load some classified information. information will be more segmented making it harder for future documents to be so easily grabbed. >> there was an enormous amount of information concentrated in one place. that's a mistake.
officials tells cnn snowden did not get the quote, crown jewels of the national security agencies secretive surveillance programs. he did not get access to the most sensitive information. contests of intercepts of communication of terrorists and other countries. the u.s. intelligence community has been reviewing what the computer programmer stole according to a u.s. official. that's not to say it wasn't damaging. >> our adversaries have noticed these revelations. it's too early to tell if...
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of national security for this country. it will give you some idea about the direction of one of the, what i would call the big five agencies that we have that are every day right now at 24 hours a day, seven days a week from some 142 countries around the world, of approximately 17,000 people coming in now, doing the nation's business. we have some extra neri and talented men and women out there. i will talk a little bit about that. first, thank you very much. wanted thank you for that great in kind of interaction. wanted thank these two and a staff that is here at pets these things on. it is an important endeavor that we keep doing this. the history of world politics in your personal dedication tustin this annual lecture is a testament to the commitment to train in a generation of critical thinkers and the professionals in this from a recognized the value of studying history when confronting modern issues of national security and world politics. as early as 1932, there was a book called the great pacific war which begins w
of national security for this country. it will give you some idea about the direction of one of the, what i would call the big five agencies that we have that are every day right now at 24 hours a day, seven days a week from some 142 countries around the world, of approximately 17,000 people coming in now, doing the nation's business. we have some extra neri and talented men and women out there. i will talk a little bit about that. first, thank you very much. wanted thank you for that great in...
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. >> the national security agency has been keeping track of millions of phone calls in the united states and they have been doing it for seven years. >> the government also has access to e-mails, text, and video chats of millions overseas. chief white house correspondent has more on the high-tech debate. >> reporter: president obama said he is pleased the u.s. is having a grown up discussion about the domestic surveillance, but the criticism won't keep him from using the programs. president obama unapologetic about revelations on high-tech government snooping. >> my assessment and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terrorists attacks. >> reporter: he said the government is gathering phone numbers and duration of calls and they capture e-mails targets foreigners, and it opened him up to criticism and jokes that president bush faced when it came to light. >> if anybody else needs anything at their tables, just speak slowly and clearly in your table number, somebody will be right over with a cocktail. >> we do not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval. >> oba
. >> the national security agency has been keeping track of millions of phone calls in the united states and they have been doing it for seven years. >> the government also has access to e-mails, text, and video chats of millions overseas. chief white house correspondent has more on the high-tech debate. >> reporter: president obama said he is pleased the u.s. is having a grown up discussion about the domestic surveillance, but the criticism won't keep him from using the...
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one of those countries, the national security council is confirming that the u.s. is looking into nsa spying on mexico. that country's top diplomat says president obama gave his word to mexico's president there would be an investigation. the nsa says the president told the u.n. general assembly the u.s. will review the way it gatherses intelligence and that includes matters dealing with mexico. >>> air force officials confirm officers entrusted with the launch keys to nuclear missiles have deliberately left open a blast door designed to prevent terrorist attacks. the air force says missile security was never compromised. this is the latest in a strent string of security problems for air force nuclear weapons operations. >>> still ahead, why the sequester may be the republicans' ace in the hole. first, charles krauthammer on the fractured u.s. relations with saudi arabia and the current situation in the middle east. life could be hectic. as a working mom of two young boys angie's list saves me a lot of time. after reading all the reviews i know i'm making the right
one of those countries, the national security council is confirming that the u.s. is looking into nsa spying on mexico. that country's top diplomat says president obama gave his word to mexico's president there would be an investigation. the nsa says the president told the u.n. general assembly the u.s. will review the way it gatherses intelligence and that includes matters dealing with mexico. >>> air force officials confirm officers entrusted with the launch keys to nuclear missiles...
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. >> reporter: the national security agency stepped up its defense saying their intelligence gathering prevented potential attacks in more than 20 countries insisting that they only investigated 300 phone numbers last year. but whether these programs are truly effective is still being questioned. >> i don't think collecting millions and millions of americans' phone calls is making us any safer and i think it's ultimately perhaps a violation of the fourth amendment. >> reporter: all still wondering if snowden will emerge again to defend the morality of his actions. >> he needs to look an american jury in the eye and explain why he has put american lives in danger. >> reporter: although there are some people here in hong kong that do consider snowden to be a traitor, according to a new poll, twice as many think of him as a hero and either way, they insist that their government should not send him back to the united states. bob woodruff, abc news, hong kong. >>> in turkey, riot police are holding back protesters after uprooting them from a square in istanbul. officers unleashed tear gas,
. >> reporter: the national security agency stepped up its defense saying their intelligence gathering prevented potential attacks in more than 20 countries insisting that they only investigated 300 phone numbers last year. but whether these programs are truly effective is still being questioned. >> i don't think collecting millions and millions of americans' phone calls is making us any safer and i think it's ultimately perhaps a violation of the fourth amendment. >>...
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. >> to the authorization given to our national security agencies, particularly the department of defense to be able to function. to be able to keep our country safe. >> and yet, once again, the majority leader's refusing any amendments. to this underlying piece of legislation. >> and the republicans will tell you, on average, with the defense authorization bill, they consider 130 amendments in the senate. this year, zero. gretchen. >> wow, a big goose egg. so what are democratic leaders saying about the lack of debate on this critical bill? >> you know, senate majority leader harry reid took a question about that a short time ago. he laughed it off and did one of his favorite thing, blaming the house leadership. >> rushing it through and understand these statements by my republican colleagues are bizarre. the house is gone. they've gone home. and no matter how we got in the position we're in today, we have a bipartisan defense bill that's on the floor. ready to pass. >> bottom line, a lot of republicans think that senator reid does not want to take up an amendment that would tighten sanc
. >> to the authorization given to our national security agencies, particularly the department of defense to be able to function. to be able to keep our country safe. >> and yet, once again, the majority leader's refusing any amendments. to this underlying piece of legislation. >> and the republicans will tell you, on average, with the defense authorization bill, they consider 130 amendments in the senate. this year, zero. gretchen. >> wow, a big goose egg. so what are...
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. >>> reports this morning that edward snowden has very specific blueprints on how the national security agency does what they do. >>> a major loss for high-speed motorcycle racing. >>> plus, an autopsy will be done today to determine the death of cory monteith. >>> good morning. the verdict is in. and the trial is over. but the controversy is not. it is spilling from social media and into the streets. more on that in a moment. but first, nbc news has learned that george zimmerman will be able to retrieve his gun from authorities if he requests it. what are the latest developments less than 48 hours after this verdict? >> reporter: good morning, veronica. demonstrations in response to this verdict is overwhelmingly peaceful. but that doesn't mean that emotions aren't running high. >> we, the jury, find george zimmerman not guilty. >> reporter: seconds after the sentence was head in the courtroom, reaction spilled into the streets. >> how can you murder an innocent child and sleep at child. >> it shows this is a continuation of racial oppression. >> reporter: news of demonstrations spread
. >>> reports this morning that edward snowden has very specific blueprints on how the national security agency does what they do. >>> a major loss for high-speed motorcycle racing. >>> plus, an autopsy will be done today to determine the death of cory monteith. >>> good morning. the verdict is in. and the trial is over. but the controversy is not. it is spilling from social media and into the streets. more on that in a moment. but first, nbc news has learned...
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security agency has tracked phone calls of dozens of world leaders. >> we recognize there need to be additional constraints how we gather and use intelligence. and it's in the context of this dynamic technology environment that the president has directed us to review our surveillance capabilities. >> one report from a german tabloid indicated that president obama knew that the nsa was tapping the phone of the german chance explore he allowed it to continue, again, german tabloid, a spokeswoman for the agency says that is simply not true. and "the wall street journal" reports the nsa stop monitoring chancellor merkel and other leaders after a white house review uncovered the operations. "the wall street journal" again. meanwhile, a state department spokeswoman says our ambassador to spain met with officials there to discuss reports that the nsa tracked more than 60 million phone calls in that country in one month. dana perino was the press secretary under george w. bush, the 43rd, president bush, 43, and this was happening under bush 43rd. >> i suppose. i don't get the outrage. i don'
security agency has tracked phone calls of dozens of world leaders. >> we recognize there need to be additional constraints how we gather and use intelligence. and it's in the context of this dynamic technology environment that the president has directed us to review our surveillance capabilities. >> one report from a german tabloid indicated that president obama knew that the nsa was tapping the phone of the german chance explore he allowed it to continue, again, german tabloid, a...
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security agency collected data from 60 million phone calls in spain across a 30-day period last year. >> translator: for the moment spain has no formal grounds to believe there was a case of spying in our country. nevertheless, the magnitude of this information which was revealed brought us to request immediately the corresponding clarifications. >> reporter: meantime the german tabloid reported nsa chief, jen keith alexander, personally briefed president obama in 2010 on his agency's targeting of the cell phone of german chancellor angela merkel. the spokesperson said general alexander did not discuss with president obama in 2010 an alleged foreign intelligence operation involving german chancellor merkel, nor has he ever discussed allegationed operations involving merkel. news reports claiming otherwise are not true. reported, mr. obama was kept in the dark about the merkel surveillance for nearly five years until this summer when he ordered it stopped. >> the president didn't know about -- >> reporter: general alexander appearing on a d.o.d. blog cast last week somehow likened wha
security agency collected data from 60 million phone calls in spain across a 30-day period last year. >> translator: for the moment spain has no formal grounds to believe there was a case of spying in our country. nevertheless, the magnitude of this information which was revealed brought us to request immediately the corresponding clarifications. >> reporter: meantime the german tabloid reported nsa chief, jen keith alexander, personally briefed president obama in 2010 on his...
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the national security archive at george washington university obtained the report that said it was carried out to isolate the country from a possible soviet threat. many admitted working for the cia. this is the first time the agency, itself, owned up to the role. >>> the drills between the u.s. and south korea under way and stepped up moves by north korea to negotiate an end to some of the attentions with the southern neighbors. the drills involve 30,000 troops taking part in war games. so far, no comment from the north that called these exercises preparations for invasion. >>> a scary fall for a man at a golf course in one of california's most picturesque places. the 25-year-old tumbled more than 100 feet off a cliff at the half-moon bay golf course south of san francisco. it is not clear what he was doing along the edge of that cliff. there are signs that do warn players to stay away from the edge there. he is said to have suffered major injuries. >> all right. a teenager facing arson and attempted murder charges after a fire destroyed four units at a condominium complex. investigators
the national security archive at george washington university obtained the report that said it was carried out to isolate the country from a possible soviet threat. many admitted working for the cia. this is the first time the agency, itself, owned up to the role. >>> the drills between the u.s. and south korea under way and stepped up moves by north korea to negotiate an end to some of the attentions with the southern neighbors. the drills involve 30,000 troops taking part in war...
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the national security agency contractor has been fired for leaking classified details about secret n.s.a. programs that sweep up telephone and internet data. in a statement today, booz allen hamilton said snowden was an employee of our firm for less than three months and was terminated yesterday for violations of the firm's code of ethics. snowden has not been seen since monday, when he checked out of hong kong's mirror hotel. sources say there is no evidence he has left hong kong. law enforcement sources would not say if snowden is under surveillance but one senior official said we're doing everything we can to get our arms around this using all legal authorities. the justice department continues to work towards possible criminal charges that could include computer crimes and disclosure of classified information. prosecutors know they need to move quickly since snowden is not in custody and could run. but prosecutors also know they need to build their whole case up front. international legal agreements prevent prosecutors from adding any charges beyond those filed at the time of extradi
the national security agency contractor has been fired for leaking classified details about secret n.s.a. programs that sweep up telephone and internet data. in a statement today, booz allen hamilton said snowden was an employee of our firm for less than three months and was terminated yesterday for violations of the firm's code of ethics. snowden has not been seen since monday, when he checked out of hong kong's mirror hotel. sources say there is no evidence he has left hong kong. law...
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last month, the former contractor for the national security agency released sensitive details of the u.s. government spy program before fleeing the country. may 20, he left hawaii to seek refuge in hong kong. once there, he revealed himself in an interview as the source of revelations about u.s. surveillance programs. , isitting at my desk certainly had the authority to wiretap anybody from you or your accountant to a federal judge, even the president if i had a personal e-mail. i think the public is owed a motivation of the motivations behind the people who make these disclosures outside the democratic model. >> president obama vigorously defended u.s. surveillance programs. others, including dick cheney, called snowden a traitor. arrest, two his days ago charging him with espionage. hong kong says the documents filed by the u.s. did not comply with legal requirements. in a statement, it said that as the hong kong government is yet to have sufficient information to process the request for provisional warrant of arrest, there is no legal basis to restrict mr. snowden from leaving hon
last month, the former contractor for the national security agency released sensitive details of the u.s. government spy program before fleeing the country. may 20, he left hawaii to seek refuge in hong kong. once there, he revealed himself in an interview as the source of revelations about u.s. surveillance programs. , isitting at my desk certainly had the authority to wiretap anybody from you or your accountant to a federal judge, even the president if i had a personal e-mail. i think the...
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. >> reporter: the national security agency stepped up its defense saying their intelligence gathering prevented potential attacks in more than 20 countries insisting that they only investigated 300 phone numbers last year, but whether these programs are truly effective is still being questioned. >> i don't think collecting millions and millions of american's phone calls is making us any safer and i think it is ultimately perhaps a violation of the 4th amendment. >> reporter: all still wondering -- if snowden will emerge again to defend the morality of his actions. >> he needs to look an american jury in the eye and explain why he has put american lives in danger. >> although there are some people here in hong kong that do consider snowden to be a traitor, according to a new poll, twice as many think of him as a hero. either way they insist that their government should not send him back to the united states. bob woodruff, abc news, hong kong. >> an irs supervisor in washington now admits she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups
. >> reporter: the national security agency stepped up its defense saying their intelligence gathering prevented potential attacks in more than 20 countries insisting that they only investigated 300 phone numbers last year, but whether these programs are truly effective is still being questioned. >> i don't think collecting millions and millions of american's phone calls is making us any safer and i think it is ultimately perhaps a violation of the 4th amendment. >> reporter:...
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>> operation shamrock was a program of the national security agency to collect, to obtain access to telegrams that were leaving the united states for other countries. for foreign countries. and the idea was that the nsa would look through these telegrams, look for telegrams of interest from a foreign intelligence standpoint. >> are you saying all the telegrams going out of the u.s.? how did they get access? >> they asked. i mean, that sounds very simplistic but they approached the communications carriers, the telegraph companies concerned. >> ica, itt. >> and western union. >> so in operation shamrock, what we saw was the nsa turning its foreign intelligence operations internally on american communications? >> exactly, yeah. operation shamrock was getting access to all the communications coming into, going out of and going through the united states. >> there were very few rules back then. very few laws, regulations that dealt with what nsa or any intelligence agency could collect back then. the capabilities were there. the restraints weren't there. the temptation is to do it. >> the committee
>> operation shamrock was a program of the national security agency to collect, to obtain access to telegrams that were leaving the united states for other countries. for foreign countries. and the idea was that the nsa would look through these telegrams, look for telegrams of interest from a foreign intelligence standpoint. >> are you saying all the telegrams going out of the u.s.? how did they get access? >> they asked. i mean, that sounds very simplistic but they approached...
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. >> to serve as a director of the national security agency and commander of u.s. cyber command. as you noted, we have extraordinary people doing great work to protect this country and to protect our civil liberties and privacy. over the past few weeks, unauthorized disclosures of classified information have resulted in considerable debate in the press about these pro programs. the debate, as you noted, was fueled by incomplete and inaccurate information by little contact on the purpose of the programs, will have u to our national security and that of our allies and protections in place to preserve our privacy and civil liberties. today, we will provide additional detail in context on these pro programs to help inform that debate. these were approved by the administration, congress and the courts. from my perspective, a sound legal process that we all work together as a government to protect our nation and our civil liberties in privacy. ironically, the document that have been released so far show the rigorous oversight and compliance our government uses to balance security with
. >> to serve as a director of the national security agency and commander of u.s. cyber command. as you noted, we have extraordinary people doing great work to protect this country and to protect our civil liberties and privacy. over the past few weeks, unauthorized disclosures of classified information have resulted in considerable debate in the press about these pro programs. the debate, as you noted, was fueled by incomplete and inaccurate information by little contact on the purpose...
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world, called the national security agency. he's also in charge now of this new organization called u.s. cyber command. so he's in charge of this enormous new organization which encompasses the army, the navy, and the air force. he's got the second army under him, the 24th air force, and the 10th navy fleet. so it's an enormous amount of power, and yet he's the kind of person who would walk down the street, pennsylvania avenue in washington and even members of congress probably wouldn't recognize him. >> now, you also write about the nsa's offensive capabilities and say that the stuxnet virus that attacked an iranian nuclear facility was just the beginning. what else are we talking about? >> well, that's what -- well, all the rhetoric pretty much that you're hearing from the nsa and the intelligence community is all about what the chinese are doing to us. it's basically they're spying on our electronics and so forth. what the u.s. is doing is at least as equal if not far more powerful because we've created this enormous cyber c
world, called the national security agency. he's also in charge now of this new organization called u.s. cyber command. so he's in charge of this enormous new organization which encompasses the army, the navy, and the air force. he's got the second army under him, the 24th air force, and the 10th navy fleet. so it's an enormous amount of power, and yet he's the kind of person who would walk down the street, pennsylvania avenue in washington and even members of congress probably wouldn't...
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it says national security agency world of war craft, tony. >> thank you have a, shutting down the country arps main state news agency, the new agency will promote russia's image around the world. heading all of this, someone who is openly 18th gay. peter sharp the reports from moscow. >> this isn't just any news agency, it's one of the biggest in the world. it's got bureaus in 30 countries. one of the main sponsors of the sochi facilities. so was this expected? well, not according to local journalists at the organization. first they knew was when the news came on the kremlin's website and a man chosen to run the organization, that's dimitri krisiliof, he is a well-known anchor, talk show host, often venomous comments, very antigay, very antiopposition, very antiamerican. and his appointment will be seen basically i think as a further example of putin and the kremlin putting pressure on a very already heavily regulated media. >> cancer researchers release stunning results in the fight against leukemia. saturday the university of pennsylvania announced the success of its advance treatment.
it says national security agency world of war craft, tony. >> thank you have a, shutting down the country arps main state news agency, the new agency will promote russia's image around the world. heading all of this, someone who is openly 18th gay. peter sharp the reports from moscow. >> this isn't just any news agency, it's one of the biggest in the world. it's got bureaus in 30 countries. one of the main sponsors of the sochi facilities. so was this expected? well, not according...
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what has happened is a mass revelation of illegal transnational spying by the national security agency, the collection of the communications records of every person in the united states, laying out the community structure of the united states. and these sort of attempts are merely a mechanism to try and shift ground. go to cpj, communities protect journalists in new york, it lists a number of journalists in equadorian prisons, zero. it has been zero for a long time. 48 in turkey, so we've got to keep things in perspective with the allegation of ecuador is involved in mass transnational surveillance or assassination programs or so on. >> thanks very much this morning. >>> our powerhouse roundtable is coming up. with the historic decisions from the supreme court this week. stay with us. out there owning it. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in eve
what has happened is a mass revelation of illegal transnational spying by the national security agency, the collection of the communications records of every person in the united states, laying out the community structure of the united states. and these sort of attempts are merely a mechanism to try and shift ground. go to cpj, communities protect journalists in new york, it lists a number of journalists in equadorian prisons, zero. it has been zero for a long time. 48 in turkey, so we've got...
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the national security agency also said it investigated less than 300 phone records seized in the broad collection of metadata at last year. the nsa claims monitoring has foiled terror plot in the u.s. and 20 other countries but has not provided any details. the phone records program has been in effect since two thousand six. according to the washington post, vice the courts have written orders for the bulk election of metadata every three months since may of that year, from companies including at&t and bellsouth. the court orders were prompted by a request from an unspecified telephone provider after war and less surveillance was exposed. the company apparently asked the bush administration to come up with order so it was legally bound to comply. edward snowden is believed to remain in hong kong as he faces an ongoing u.s. investigation. on saturday, a group of demonstrators braved heavy rain in a show of him. >> he is not a hero or a traitor. he is just a regular citizen. we're going to be standing in solidarity with him, hoping that rule rule of law in hong kong is upheld. >> today,
the national security agency also said it investigated less than 300 phone records seized in the broad collection of metadata at last year. the nsa claims monitoring has foiled terror plot in the u.s. and 20 other countries but has not provided any details. the phone records program has been in effect since two thousand six. according to the washington post, vice the courts have written orders for the bulk election of metadata every three months since may of that year, from companies including...
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out dozenses of terror plots that the national security agency director told congress the secret service programs helped disrupt. over the weekend, the government unlocked a terror. they helped prevent terror lots "here in the homeland and in more than 20 countries around the world." supporters of surveillance programs tried to beat back thoughts that the government is listening to phone calls in the u.s. >> it's against the law for the u.s. to record and monitor americans' phone calls. >> reporter: another sup(orter, dick cheney, someone who rarely agrees with the obama white house, does on this. the gop vice president on the day of 9/11 says these programs cát have prevented that attack. >> i guess i'd ask everybody to pause and don't automatically fold the nsa in with the other stuff that's going on in the obama administration because this is a program run by professionals. it's done great work. it has saved lives. >> reporter: but nay sayers like colorado democrat mark udall are not giving up. >> i don't think that collec$n% millions and millions of americans' phone calls -- this i
out dozenses of terror plots that the national security agency director told congress the secret service programs helped disrupt. over the weekend, the government unlocked a terror. they helped prevent terror lots "here in the homeland and in more than 20 countries around the world." supporters of surveillance programs tried to beat back thoughts that the government is listening to phone calls in the u.s. >> it's against the law for the u.s. to record and monitor americans'...
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the national security agency does signals intelligence. that is phone calls, e-mails, electronic digital radio based transmissions, all that kind of stuff. signals intelligence. that's what they do, and they're supposed to be doing it outside the country supposed to be part of our spying on other countries. after 9/11, the bush administration reportedly told the nsa to start vacuuming up that kind of stuff inside the united states as well not just a broad turn those sensors inward, not just abroad. every 45 days president george w. bush would give the nsa a military order as commander in chief directing them the surveillance they were doing internationally, they should do it inside the country, too. that's kind of a big deal. if you're at the nsa and get an order like that it raises the question whether that very big deal order from the president is actually legal. can the president legally tell us to do that? john ashcroft, with pancreatitis, kind of decided, no, those orders weren't legal, at least not the way they were trying to justify
the national security agency does signals intelligence. that is phone calls, e-mails, electronic digital radio based transmissions, all that kind of stuff. signals intelligence. that's what they do, and they're supposed to be doing it outside the country supposed to be part of our spying on other countries. after 9/11, the bush administration reportedly told the nsa to start vacuuming up that kind of stuff inside the united states as well not just a broad turn those sensors inward, not just...
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the national security agency is looking for bright motivated men and women who can keep their [ bleep ] mouths shut. the national security agency, the good hands people. >> well, next updates from some other form presidents. former president george herbert walker bush turns 89 years old today and his presidential library in texas has a way for everyone to get in on the celebration if you will. this all has to do with bush's affinity for bearing color full sox which the library foundation asked people to don tear most colorful sox and post a photo to their facebook page. the former president led the way with this one. his own mismatched socks accompanied by his great granddaughter. there's this one of bush in superman socks. now to bill clinton. here's his daughter chelsea doing the honors. >> he every day is my dad and i don't need an award to tell me he's the best i could have hoped for. but i'm grateful he's getting the recognition i think he always deserves. >> he got a father of the year award from the national father's day committee. apparently he heard from hillary before his ac
the national security agency is looking for bright motivated men and women who can keep their [ bleep ] mouths shut. the national security agency, the good hands people. >> well, next updates from some other form presidents. former president george herbert walker bush turns 89 years old today and his presidential library in texas has a way for everyone to get in on the celebration if you will. this all has to do with bush's affinity for bearing color full sox which the library foundation...
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the head of the national security agency says stop worrying what we're up to. they've helped to thwart 50 terrorist attacks. could some of those attacks, however, have been stopped without all this surveillance? maybe that's what we're going to learn more about. there also might have been more risk. let'set welcome jeff duncan to the confederacy of dunces. otherwise known as the birthers. let me finish with my request that congress or somebody let the american people vote whether we go to another war or not. isn't this another democracy? this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] i've seen incredible things. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ >>> it's certainly not too early to think about 016. hillary clinton just got a big boost from a high profile u.s. senator. missouri's c
the head of the national security agency says stop worrying what we're up to. they've helped to thwart 50 terrorist attacks. could some of those attacks, however, have been stopped without all this surveillance? maybe that's what we're going to learn more about. there also might have been more risk. let'set welcome jeff duncan to the confederacy of dunces. otherwise known as the birthers. let me finish with my request that congress or somebody let the american people vote whether we go to...
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now the national security agency is defending its data collection. in a document released to congress, the national security agency argues that in recent years, dozens of terror plots in more than 20 countries have been disrupted. and despite having billions of phone records officials searched the database fewer than 300 times last year. the agency has repeatedly said that it only collects metadata -- phone numbers phone call durations and locations of the two parties. no names or addresses. >> big votes are expected this week in the u-s senate on an immigration reform bill. the bill is supported by a bi-partisan group of eight senators. if the measure passes the democratically-controlled senate, it will face an even tougher battle in the g-o- p-dominated u-s house. the house is expected to take-up it's own immigration reform bill this week as well >> prosecutors and george zimmerman's defense attorney's are returning for a second week of jury selection in zimmerman's second-degree murder trial. defense attorneys are confident they can pick a jury in
now the national security agency is defending its data collection. in a document released to congress, the national security agency argues that in recent years, dozens of terror plots in more than 20 countries have been disrupted. and despite having billions of phone records officials searched the database fewer than 300 times last year. the agency has repeatedly said that it only collects metadata -- phone numbers phone call durations and locations of the two parties. no names or addresses....